KHS wins on road, PC and Atlanta win close

BETHANY, Mo. – The Putnam County girls opened play in the South Harrison tournament as they took on North Harrison. PC came away with a tight 39-37 win.

Dakota Owings led the Midgetettes as she scored 12 points and grabbed seven boards. Haley Bradshaw also had a nice game as she score 10 and grabbed seven rebounds as well.

PC used a balanced attack with six girls scoring, Putnam needed the extra help with yet another starter out of the lineup this time Kailey Campbell was out of the Midgetettes’ rotation.

Putnam now advances to the semifinals and will take on the winner of No. 2 seed and host school South Harrison and Cainsville on Thursday night at 8:30 p.m.

Green City 50, Newtown-Harris 35: MILAN, Mo. – The Lady Gophers tipped off in the Milan Tournament as they came away with a double-digit win. GC will now play Brookfield, who beat Grundy County on Thursday night at 7 p.m.

Schuyler County 57, North Shelby 47: QUEEN CITY, Mo. – The Lady Rams used big outings from Caley Sessions and Mallory Haley, who each scored 15 as they beat the Lady Raiders.

SC took the lead in the secondquarter and never gave it back, that doesn’t mean it was easy though.

“We struggled to put them away after being up as many as 17, but our defense is improving and that helps us get transition buckets,” said Schuyler head coach Thomas Kirkland.

The Lady Rams are off until Friday when they host Marceline.

Kirksville 54, Marshall 29: MARSHALL, Mo. – Ashton Vorkink continued her offensive outburst as she and McKenzie Russell each scored 17 and the Lady Tigers jumped all over the Lady Owls to win going away.

“This was a good conference road win for us,” said Kirksville head coach Sara Williams.The Lady Tigers will travel to Ewing on Friday night to take on Highland.

Atlanta 38, La Plata 29: LA PLATA, Mo. – In a game that featured eight total points after the first eight minutes, the Lady Hornets were able to mount some late offense and come away with a big victory.

“They simply outplayed us. They were more physical, more aggressive and we didn’t respond well. They came out early and smacked us in the mouth and that’s all there is to it,” said La Plata head coach Steve Lightle.

Makay Belt led the Lady Bulldogs with nine points. The week doesn’t get any easier for LP as they host state-ranked Marion County on Thursday night and travel to Meadville on Friday night.

Atlanta will try to build some momentum going into their next game against BMC on Thursday. The Lady Hornets also play Friday at Higbee.